Mariah Carey - Rainbow (CD 1999)

fab voice brilliant singer of r&b type music love songs and christmas themes. decided to buy to go to part of her collection have no dislikes love all types of music world wide.

I disagree with the previous review written on this album. I don't believe this is Mariah Carey at her best all. I think Mariah Carey at her best was on her earlier albums like music box. More recently I’d say she it at her best on the album 'Butterfly' this is the album where Mariah Carey took the leap into more R&B fused music. The albums between ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Emancipation of Mimi’ have seen the worst of Mariah Carey in my opinion, which includes this album ‘Rainbow’. ‘Emancipation of Mimi’ was a long awaited return of Mariah Carey’s capability to deliver excellent music.

We all know Mariah Carey has one of the greatest voices on the planet but let's face she does go over board sometimes. By that I mean the annoying super high key she does. I mean it totally crashes the song sometimes and I believe she used it quite a few times too often on this album.

Don't get me wrong there a few good tracks on the album but my favourite has to be Heartbreaker (the remix) which features Missy Elliot and Da Brat. I would rate this album as Average not excellent. It is just OK.